Breaking the Core Programme Barrier - Authors: Lorna Dodd and Susan Boyle (UCD Library College Liaison Librarians)
1. Breaking the Core Programme Barrier
Lorna Dodd Susan Boyle
College Liaison Librarian College Liaison Librarian
UCD Library UCD Library
email: Lorna.dodd@ucd.ie email: Susan.Boyle@ucd.ie
2. Presentation Outline
Background
New strategy going forward
Arts and Science programmes
Captain’s Log reflections
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3. About UCD
Largest University in Ireland
Approx. 22,000 undergraduates
Seven Colleges
Arts, Social Sciences, Science, Engineering,
Law, Business, Nursing, Medicine, Health,
Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture
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4. Background: Past Approach
Adhoc approach to Information
Literacy Instruction
Driven by individual demand
Duplication across modules
Gaps across programmes
Uneven spread across disciplines
Unsustainable
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5. Strategy Going Forward
2010-2014 UCD Library Programme approach to
Strategic Plan Information Literacy
Identify needs, provide
variety of methods
Easier to deliver in
Self- single subject and small
directed, Online, Acade programmes
mic/Tutor led, Librarian
Facilitated
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7. …Arts & Science
Large multi-disciplinary
programmes
No place where all
students are together
Some engagement
dependent on individual
academics
Some students get
duplication while other
get nothing
(Dodd, L. & Kendlin, V., 2010)
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8. Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
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9. Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
University making a shift in approach to
multi-disciplinary programmes
Trying to create an identity around Arts
Learn how work though a scientific problem
Shared goals:
Development key skills required for success
in university including retrieving,
understanding and communicating
appropriate information
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11. Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Pilot 2010/2011
Approx. 70 students
Module descriptor:
“identify a scientific problem,
research the literature and
produce a review”
Created by key academic –
now Registrar
Academic approached
Library
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12. Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Distress Call:
First year students need to know how to find books
and journal articles; how to evaluate information;
how to avoid plagiarism
Our Mission:
Create a workshop/lecture and accompanying
materials
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13. Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Mission Details
Students work in small groups with an
academic
Choose their own scientific problem
Year 1 ran 2 workshops (35 in each class)
Year 2 change in module coordinator
Lecture for 300+ students
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18. Introduction to Arts
Pilot 2011/2012
Approx. 350 students
Module descriptor:
“identify and develop the skills
and resources which will
maximize their success at
university”
Academic staff partnered with
UCD Teaching & Learning
Palgrave Skills4Study online
module and textbook
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19. Introduction to Arts
Distress Call:
Academic staff and UCD Teaching & Learning
Shortfall in Palgrave Skills4Study
Our Mission:
Create an online tutorial, supporting materials and
peer learning activities to be delivered by tutors
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20. Introduction to Arts
Mission Details
Tutorial delivered by tutors
Tutors trained by Library staff
Students must prepare for tutorial
Students must demonstrate they have
prepared through activities
Tutorial in low-tech environment
Must cover basic Library skills and
information on plagiarism
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23. In class activities
Matching Pairs Game
Catalogue
which is located on the library website
To find out if we have
a book in UCD library http://www.ucd.ie/library
you would search the ?
Boyle Susan (2012 Using Games as treatments and creative triggers: a promising strategy
for information literacy. In Information Literacy beyond library 2.0.
24. In class activities
Matching Pairs Game
You would find
dictionaries
and
encyclopaedias
in the ? Section
Boyle Susan (2012 Using Games as treatments and creative triggers: a promising strategy
for information literacy. In Information Literacy beyond library 2.0.
27. Library Quiz
1. From the Library video, “Finding a book in the Library”:
a. Many books on your reading list are located in the SLC. What does
SLC stand for? _________
a. Using your student card, you can borrow a book using the
_________ _________ machine
2. Plagiarism is using the ideas and words of someone else as your
own, without citing the original work. True or False
3. When compiling your reference list/bibliography what information
do you have to include. Fill in the blanks below:
Author , Date, ________, Place of publication, _____________
28. Intro to Arts Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Very smooth Approx. 370 students
Approx. 1,600 Loss of momentum
students with staff changes
Library tutorial most
positively received
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30. Captain’s Log
Benefits
Reaching all first year arts
and science students for
the first time
Effective use of Library time
Library part of University
shift in approach to large
multi-disciplinary
programmes
Recognition of Library’s role
in developing key skills
31. Captain’s Log
New Worlds
Model rolling out to other
programmes: Social
Sciences & Nursing
Library needs to identify
other similar opportunities
Library remains the only
common player: could we
instigate cooperation and
coordination across all
disciplines
32. Captain’s Log
Challenges
Key to first years: How
do we build in for the future
subsequent years in
each programme?
How do we measure the
impact on students’ skill
development?
Modules stay, academics
change: How do we
manage legacy?
Analyse and appraise scientific research workPlan and manage a projectCommunicate scientific ideas: verbal and writtenUnderstand ethics relating to ownership of ideas and discoveriesUnderstand how to correctly acknowledge scientific workBecome an independent learnerUnderstand the value and impact of scientific research on societyWork as part of a team
http://scifimafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-trek-the-continuing-mission-WIDE.jpgLack of UCD context
Note taking, preparing for class, reading, critical thinking, referencing and writing skills
http://scifimafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/star-trek-the-continuing-mission-WIDE.jpgLack of UCD context